Wentang

Chapter 655 Untitled
There have been four times in history that Europe was almost destroyed by forces from Asia.

The first time was Attila the Hun, who was dubbed the whip of God by the Europeans.

The second time was the Arab Empire, which almost destroyed Europe.

The third time was the Western Expedition of the Mongol Empire, which was also the most dangerous in Europe.Wo Kuotai almost hit Vienna, and Europe was scared to pee.It's a pity that he died at this time, and the Western Expeditionary Army withdrew its troops.

During the period of the fourth Great Khan Mongke, Batu sent troops from Moscow to fight all the way to Europe, leaving the last piece of private land.

It's a pity that the weather is not good. At the time of the final battle, years of heavy rain in Europe was not conducive to cavalry operations, so Badu had to return to Moscow to rest.

At this time, Meng Ge died when he attacked Diaoyu City in Sichuan in the Southern Song Dynasty.The struggle between Kublai Khan and Ali Boke led to the split of the Mongol Empire into four khanates, and Europe survived.

It can be said that if it weren't for the heavy rain and Meng Ge's sudden death, Europe would have been wiped out by Batu.As a result, the historians have left a not-so-widely spread stalk, that the Sichuanese saved Europe.

The fourth time is the Ottoman Empire...

Of course, these four times are the most dangerous, not to say that there are only these four times.

Looking through the history books, Asia's invasion of Europe is simply the norm. According to archaeological discoveries, primitive people in prehistoric Asia launched attacks on primitive people in Europe several times.

The later Bulgarians, Magyars, Avars, Seljuks, Assyrians, etc., can be said to be the forces from Asia that pushed Europe to the ground every time.

The difference is to what extent.

So even if there is no Yueshan, the success rate of the Great Tang Expedition is very high.

What's more, with him as a time traveler in this life, Datang's comprehensive national strength is several times stronger than in the original history.

Among other things, Datang had 20 elite cavalry at this time.This is not 20 infantry, nor is it 20 infantry on horseback, but 20 elite cavalry that have been tested in actual combat.

Throughout Chinese history, there has never been a dynasty with so many elite cavalry, including the Han Dynasty... Logistics alone can drag down a country.But it was very easy for Datang to feed them, without any effort at all.

And that's not counting infantry, bulk cavalry, and navy.

This is called comprehensive strength.

Also created high-tech artillery 1000 years in advance...

Combining all kinds of conditions, Yue Shan said that Datang has a [-]% chance of winning, which is already very modest. If he was not afraid of poisonous milk, he would dare to say [-]% directly.

After the meeting, the court started a series of big moves.

The administrative system moved the fastest, and the Ministry of Households sent more forces to carry out the investigation; the Ministry of Officials stood up for the first time to support it, and even changed the merit examination standards for the past two years. , the assessment will be inferior.

With this order, all officials who are still motivated will go crazy.In the past, no matter what the investigation work was, they secretly caused troubles, but now they take the initiative to find the investigation team to carry out the work, and anyone who dares to obstruct it wants to kill him.

You must know that inferior evaluation means that they will be demoted after the term of office expires. With this stain, it almost means that they have no possibility of further promotion.

When it comes to his promotion and fortune, old friends and brothers are all fake.

The Ministry of Officials directly took the lifeblood of the officials in the world, and the investigation work immediately became smooth.

There is also the relocation of hidden households. The ministers directly ordered that [-] households be relocated to the East of Lingnan within five years, and other provinces in the south will also relocate private households there one after another.

The most important decree is that the imperial court officially transformed the road from a supervisory division to an administrative division, and set up an administrative office at the road level to manage the administrative affairs of a road.

The Taoist chief executive was temporarily named Mu, which means shepherds for the emperor.For example, if someone is the chief executive of Gyeonggi-do, he can be called Gyeonggi-mok.By analogy, Hunan Mu, Hubei Mu and so on.Mu's assistant officer is not driving.

Because the rank of Dao is too high, the ranks of the three classes and six houses are naturally high, and their main tasks are no longer officials but standard officials.Each road should also be equipped with a stable place for the garrison of the Governor's Mansion.

After this set, at least [-] high-ranking officials have been added.

Now the whole country is boiling, and the officialdom is like frying a pot.In charge of civil affairs, this is the real official of the frontier.

Anyone who has an idea is running around, hoping to be one of them.Those with smaller ideals also want to work in the first-level provincial yamen, and it would be good to be the head of the third shift and the sixth house.

The threshold of the big bosses in the court is about to be stepped down, including Yueshan, who has been visited by an unknown number of people.

But they are doomed to be disappointed. The establishment of administrative divisions at the level of Dao is unprecedented. Li Shimin and the princes in the court are very cautious.

Every candidate for Mu and Biejia was selected by Li Shimin himself, there was no need for other courtiers to intervene, and no one dared to place his confidants at this time.

……

The administrative system is at war, and the military is also making various moves.

The Privy Council first divided up the Datang Navy together with the Ministry of War.

When Yue Shan founded the navy before, no one paid much attention to it. In addition, Li Shimin intends to decentralize power. The navy is actually independent of the Ministry of War and the Privy Council.

Asking the household department for military rations, recruiting troops, and building warships... This is obviously not in compliance with the rules and regulations.

Before Li Jing, Li Ji, Li Daozong and others were unwilling to offend Yue Shan, they kept silent. Now they naturally want to take this opportunity to bring this force into the system.

The Navy is under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, and the authority to build shipyards and recruit soldiers is owned by the Ministry of War.

At the same time, the Privy Council issued a death order to the northern grassland army, which must end the war against the Eastern Turks before winter and completely appease the grasslands.

He also wrote to the imperial court to recruit another four soldiers from the Zhechong Mansion within this year, including two Zhechong Mansions for the cavalry and two Zhechong Mansions for the Navy.

The imperial court agreed with almost no hesitation, and ordered the Ministry of War to start recruiting immediately, and hand over the recruits to the Privy Council before October.

As long as there are soldiers, there must be generals. The Privy Council also sent young people with potential from the whole army to Longshoushan Military Academy and Dizhou Naval Academy for training.

Then they acted together with the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs to secretly mobilize military supplies to the front lines of Youzhou and Qinghai.

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The entire Tang Dynasty was running with unprecedented efficiency like a clockwork.

There was also an episode in which, at a court meeting, Li Shimin gave all the chief ministers a big clock for each of them because of their hard work.

More than [-] clocks with a height of one person are lined up, not to mention how spectacular it is.

At first everyone was very strange, what is this clock?
Only then did Li Shimin tell everyone that it was used to tell the time, and he enthusiastically taught everyone how to tell the time.

Clock?For timing?It can be used anytime, anywhere, no matter it is windy or rainy, day or night, and the daily error is not less than ten breaths?
Artifact.

The ministers who received the rewards were naturally very grateful to the emperor, especially the emperor personally taught them how to read the time and how to adjust the time.

The eyeballs of those who did not receive the reward were red.

Only Yue Shan secretly lamented that money can turn ghosts around.Li Shimin, the majestic Ninety-Five Supreme Being, came off the stage and yelled in person, and the clock and watch would not be able to sell well.

The name of the clock spread throughout the capital overnight, and everyone wanted to know what kind of thing it was that could measure time accurately.

The next day, the imperial court gave each yamen a clock on the grounds of helping each yamen to accurately grasp the time so as not to be late for work and leave early.

Now the reputation of clocks and watches has spread farther, and even overwhelmed the news that Dao was classified as an administrative region.

Countless people began to wonder what this clock looked like, and some even called out the high price of a hundred gold for a clock, but there was nowhere to sell this thing.

This not only did not dispel everyone's curiosity, but made the watch even more popular.

Once there is something novel in Beijing, it will soon spread throughout the country. It didn't take long for the whole Tang Dynasty to know that the emperor had invented a timekeeping tool called a clock, which could accurately measure time regardless of any external conditions.

In some places, it was even rumored that this was an artifact taught to the emperor by the gods in their dreams. Anyway, the news became more and more mysterious.

Until a week later, a news suddenly came out that the clock was actually made by the Royal Commercial House and dedicated to the saint.Starting from the [-]st of next month, it will be available in all stores of the Royal Commercial Bank, so don’t miss it if you pass by.

Some people believed this news and others didn't believe it, but no matter whether they believed it or not, they all began to pay attention to the shops of the Royal Commercial Bank.In this way, it brought a result that no one expected. The sales of other products of the Royal Commercial Bank soared by more than [-]%.

But some people showed expressions of sudden realization.

Combined with the fact that the Royal Commercial Bank opened a new workshop in the Longshouyuan Royal Garden and purchased a large amount of wood, they thought it was making new furniture or something.Now it seems that nine out of ten are clocks.

Moreover, the emperor was invited to advertise in person. It really is a royal business. Who can compare to this.

While envious and jealous, many people despise Li Shimin for not being like an emperor. He actually came out to advertise for a mere little money, what a virtue.

But even the old pedants dare not stand up and blame Li Shimin, not because they are afraid that he will kill people, but because clocks and watches are beneficial to the country and the people, you have no reason to be responsible.

Everyone else was busy, and Yue Shan was not idle either.

He first discussed the new work "Huaxia Civilization" with Li Shimin in detail. After the two sides reached an agreement, he spent a few days re-editing and finalizing the final draft.

However, he was not in a hurry to publish. Instead, he called all the representative figures of the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism together, and prepared to hold a meeting.

Given his current status, naturally no one dared to refuse his invitation.

The Confucianists came from Kong Yingda and Wang Ji; the Taoists came from the Taoist master Maoshan, the old Taoist priest Wang Yuanzhi, his disciple Lu Qianchang, and the Taoist Chongxuan sect Cheng Xuanying and Li Chunfeng.

From Buddhism, there are three of the top ten virtues canonized in the Wude period, and Daoxin, the fourth ancestor of Zen.

These people gathered in Weishui Academy, preparing to hold a meeting that would affect the future of Chinese civilization.

(End of this chapter)